Developments in international climate policy
UN climate talks in Bonn made only slow progress in negotiations towards a new international climate agreement, although a deal was reached to protect forests with a view to mitigating climate change. More than 40 countries have submitted pledges for post-2020 climate action. Meanwhile, the G7 called for global decarbonisation within this century, the International Energy Agency (IEA) found that global energy-related emissions could peak by 2020, Pope Francis issued an encyclical addressing climate issues, and medical experts highlighted the health benefits of climate action. The EU and China agreed to step up their cooperation on climate issues. The European Parliament's Environment Committee has been discussing an own-initiative report on the climate negotiations.
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- Asia and Oceania
- China
- climate change
- committee report
- deforestation
- deterioration of the environment
- drafting of EU law
- economic geography
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
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- group of leading industrialised countries
- international affairs
- International Energy Agency
- international negotiations
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- man-made disaster
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- reduction of gas emissions
- summit meeting
- world organisations